Title :
BREW Implementation of a Mobile Phone-based Monitor for Women´s Healthcare
Author :
Oda, Satoshi ; Chen, Wenxi ; Kitazawa, Masumi
Author_Institution :
Aizu Univ., Aizuwakamatsu
Abstract :
Implementation of a mobile phone-based monitor for women´s healthcare is described in this paper. The implementation was realized in the BREW programming language, and used a KDDI mobile phone and a tiny wearable body temperature sensor. The temperature inside clothing during sleep is measured continuously and automatically by a wearable temperature sensor device. The temperature data are accumulated and transmitted a specific database server via mobile phone. The BREW application acquires the data and supplies health care information, such as a one-night temperature profile animation review for sleep quality evaluation. Menstrual cycle stage estimation and a diary for personal health management were developed and implemented. These implementations enhanced the usability and functionality of the women´s healthcare monitor and provided many advantages to the management system.
Keywords :
computer animation; health care; medical computing; mobile radio; temperature sensors; wearable computers; BREW programming language; health care information; menstrual cycle stage estimation; mobile phone-based monitor; one-night temperature profile animation review; personal health management; sleep quality evaluation; wearable body temperature sensor; womens healthcare; Animation; Biomedical monitoring; Clothing; Computer languages; Databases; Medical services; Mobile handsets; Sleep; Temperature sensors; Usability; BREW; Ran´s story; healthcare; menstrual cycle stage estimation; mobile phone; my dairy; sleep quality evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2007. ITAB 2007. 6th International Special Topic Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1867-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1868-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2007.4407404